Ask Your Father

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.  Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!- Matthew 7:7‭-‬11 ESV

Rev. Dan Whang

Each of our sermons in this series on the Sermon on the Mount is not just a call for outward conforming to some behavior, but a change of inward character that brings us closer to the character of Christ.

Ask, seek, and knock

We are told to pray for God's aid. We are invited to pray and ask. This is not a guilt trip. The tone is not forcing the believer to pray but rather a friendly invitation.

We need to consider this call to prayer in the context of the passage. God is our heavenly father. He does no wrong. He loves us. He is omniscient and omnipotent. God will do us good. This is the backdrop of the invitation.

And this is not limited to spiritually strong. God answers everyone. Not just pastors or overseas missionaries. We can all pray and receive an answer.

Are you a child of God? Then you have been received into the family of God at the price of God's own beloved son. We have already received the most costly gift from God. Why would he withhold any good thing from us? The cross tells us that any thing is no problem... It is no big deal. Because our sins are covered by the blood of Jesus. The big deal has already been handled.

What prayer will God fulfill? Ask for God's kingdom to come and for God's will to be done. God will answer prayers for spiritual harvest and salvation. God will answer calls to equip and mature the church, the body of Christ. God will answer these prayers in the affirmative.